Video: Duo steal money meant for funeral

Merced County sheriff's detectives are asking the public for help in finding a man and woman who stole money from a store, which was meant to help pay for a friend's funeral expenses.

The crime was reported at the the M and A Market in the 2900 block of Beachwood Ave., where the duo stole a jar of money from a counter inside the store, according to sheriff's spokesman Tom MacKenzie.

The jar was placed there on Dec. 6, and the owner of the market said there was about $200 inside of it. On Dec. 25, however, the victim returned to collect the jar and discovered that it was missing.

The suspects, however, were spotted on video surveillance footage from the store.